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What are you reading October 2017?

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Misfit
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What are you reading October 2017?

Post by Misfit » Sat September 30th, 2017, 5:48 pm

Getting a head start. I might be distracted tomorrow when I start watching the latest episode of Outlander.
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red805
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Preferred HF: I like a series the best - more to look forward to after one book ends. Masters of Rome, The Century Trilogy, & the Outlander series are some of my favorites.
Location: Southern California

Re: What are you reading October 2017?

Post by red805 » Sun October 1st, 2017, 9:09 pm

I just started Ken Follett's Column of Fire. A little predictable so far, pitting the good versus the not nice characters against each other as he has done in his other Kingsbridge novels. Lot's of interesting happenings in the world in 1558 though & I am a Follett fan, so I hope once we get past introducing the cast there will be a little more historical action.

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Vanessa
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Currently reading: The Farm at the Edge of the World by Sarah Vaughan
Interest in HF: The first historical novel I read was Katherine by Anya Seton and this sparked off my interest in this genre.
Favourite HF book: Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell!
Preferred HF: Any
Location: North Yorkshire, UK

Re: What are you reading October 2017?

Post by Vanessa » Mon October 2nd, 2017, 10:38 am

Just started Coattails & Cocktails by Rumer Haven. It's a book I've received to review and it's set in the 1920s, an Agatha Christie-esque style mystery.
currently reading: My Books on Goodreads

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Re: What are you reading October 2017?

Post by princess garnet » Mon October 2nd, 2017, 5:22 pm

The Time Traveler's Guide to Restoration Britain by Ian Mortimer (NF)

Of interest, the author's website says The Time Traveler's Guide to Regency Britain will be published in 2019.

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Re: What are you reading October 2017?

Post by Susan » Tue October 10th, 2017, 12:13 pm

Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler, a retelling of The Taming of the Shrew from the Hogarth Shakespeare series of retellings Shakespeare plays by contemporary writers.
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Vanessa
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Currently reading: The Farm at the Edge of the World by Sarah Vaughan
Interest in HF: The first historical novel I read was Katherine by Anya Seton and this sparked off my interest in this genre.
Favourite HF book: Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell!
Preferred HF: Any
Location: North Yorkshire, UK

Re: What are you reading October 2017?

Post by Vanessa » Wed October 11th, 2017, 10:16 am

I'm reading Tall Chimneys by Allie Cresswell. It hasn't been published yet and there's no synopsis or cover as yet either. I was asked by the author to join a team of reviewers to help promote the book. It's about a house set over 100 years beginning in 1910 and it's told through the eyes of the daughter of the house. Enjoying it so far.
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Books are mirrors, you only see in them what you already have inside you ~ The Shadow of the Wind

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Re: What are you reading October 2017?

Post by princess garnet » Wed October 11th, 2017, 9:17 pm

Empire's Ghost by Isabelle Steiger
Borrowed from the library: an epic fantasy novel of rivaling kingdoms. The cover (click to view) is well done.

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Vanessa
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Currently reading: The Farm at the Edge of the World by Sarah Vaughan
Interest in HF: The first historical novel I read was Katherine by Anya Seton and this sparked off my interest in this genre.
Favourite HF book: Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell!
Preferred HF: Any
Location: North Yorkshire, UK

Re: What are you reading October 2017?

Post by Vanessa » Fri October 13th, 2017, 9:50 am

I'm just about to start an appropriate spooky tale for October/Hallowe'en - The Eleventh Floor by Shani Struthers.. It's another book I gave to review.
currently reading: My Books on Goodreads

Books are mirrors, you only see in them what you already have inside you ~ The Shadow of the Wind

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Madeleine
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Re: What are you reading October 2017?

Post by Madeleine » Mon October 16th, 2017, 8:47 am

I've started a Halloween read too "Season of the Witch" by Natasha Mostert.
Currently reading "Mania" by L J Ross

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Re: What are you reading October 2017?

Post by Madeleine » Thu October 19th, 2017, 8:57 am

I've just started "The Loney" by Andrew Michael Hurley.
Currently reading "Mania" by L J Ross

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